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BF cuts 3 police positions
Wednesday, February 14
BELLOWS FALLS -- The Village Trustees unanimously voted Tuesday to slash one-quarter of the police coverage in the village. Facing a growing deficit in this fiscal year, and the prospect of presenting the voters with a 2008 budget that would have forced another steep tax increase, the trustees slashed the police force by 25 percent at their regular meeting Tuesday. ? Full Story
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Welch demands Bush end war
Wednesday, February 14
WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives launched a days-long debate on the Iraq war Tuesday to culminate at week's end with Congress's first vote on the conflict since it authorized the invasion in October 2002. ? Full Story
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Now, it's really winter
Wednesday, February 14
BRATTLEBORO -- It's been a slow snow season for Ed Morise of Brown & Roberts Hardware. "Since the start of this winter, today was the first day I even sold a snow shovel," he said on Tuesday. By early afternoon, he estimates, the store had parted with almost 40 shovels. ? Full Story
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Local doctor loses $1.1M malpractice lawsuit
Wednesday, February 14
BRATTLEBORO -- A jury in U.S. District Court Monday delivered a $1,160,000 judgment against a Brattleboro doctor in a medical malpractice case. Dr. John R. Bookwalter, a Brattleboro surgeon, was found to be negligent in the treatment of Charles Olanyk, 56, of Whatley, Mass., in 2001. ? Full Story
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Wildcats bounce rival Rebels
Wednesday, February 14
WILMINGTON -- Brandy Sparano scored 19 points and Tarryn Bolognani added 15, helping the Wildcats clear the last hurdle on their way to a perfect 14-0 MVL Class C campaign with a 57-40 win over Leland & Gray. "To go undefeated in any league -- it's difficult," said TV coach Buddy Hayford, whose team finishes the regular season at 16-4. ? Full Story
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Colonels outduel 'Canes
Tuesday, February 13
BRATTLEBORO -- For the first time in over three weeks, the Colonels have back-to-back wins. After bolting out to a 12-1 start, the Brattleboro girls basketball team hit some bumps during the Marble Valley League Division A slate, alternating wins and losses since Jan. 20. That streak came to an end last night, though, as the Colonels used another strong defensive effort to topple Hartford on Senior Night, 38-27. ? Full Story
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Larger is better
Wednesday, February 14
Some call school consolidation the "third rail" of Vermont politics -- touch it, and you get zapped. But slowly, more and more people are coming to the realization that having 284 school districts in a state as small as Vermont is not exactly a model of efficiency. ? Full Story
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Guns or butter?
Tuesday, February 13
Now that we've had time to digest the numbers inside President Bush's proposed $2.9 trillion federal budget for fiscal year 2008, we see more of the same old thing -- more money for war-making and tax cuts for the rich, less money for everybody else. The president wants to spend $481 billion on defense, plus another $145 billion for the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Put together, that's $628 billion for war -- and that doesn't include the $19 billion the federal Department of Energy gets for nuclear weapons research. ? Full Story
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